Chinese monochrome porcelain vase in a peach bloom underglaze of mottled green and red. The body of the vase is slightly rounded with a dramatic flattened two step foot, left unglazed around the edges. The neck is tall, slender and cylindrical in shape and fades to white around the rim. With six character Kangxi mark in cobalt blue on base. Most likely 19th century.

Dimensions: 4" W x 7" H

Chinese early Qing dynasty imperial brown ground double dragon brocade. One dragon is holding a firing pearl and watching to another dragon behind him while the other one is chasing a firing pearl. This brocade is well design and fully decorated, dragons are surrounded by colorful clouds and sea waves...

Chinese Neolithic jade carving, dated of the Hongshan culture period (4700-2900 BC), in the form of a three prong wheel with strong orange coloration throughout.

Starting from about 18,000 years ago, the Neolithic Age marked the end of the Stone Age in Chinese history. During the period, great changes took place in all aspects of humans’ life. Human beings in the Neolithic Age no longer lived only on collecting foods directly from nature...

Chinese ceramic arrow form vase, with thick green crackle celadon glaze and wide squared mouth. An arrow vase is a type of vessel used for the game Touhu in which players would throw arrows into the cylinders attached to the sides of the neck.

Dimensions: 3" x 2 1/2" x 5" H

Chinese 8th-11th century vase, 17 cm high. Vase has small chipped at the mouth rim and some glaze degradations. Free from any repair.

Antique Chinese hardwood desk, made from attractive jumu wood. Three drawers with ring pulls and carved outlines run along the front with a carved panel of dragons and flowers below. 18th/19th Century Size: 33.75" height, 40" length, 23.25" depth

Height approximately 20.8 cm. In good condition.

Chinese round lacquer box made with a guri lacquer technique in which many layers of red and black lacquer are carved away into intricate designs. The interior in glossy black lacquer.

19th century Dimensions: 3" x 3" x 1"

A Chinese bronze hu-form vase with tubular handles and a cast band around the shoulder. Late Ming, 17th century. 24 cms. (shallow dent to lower part of one side)

Antique Chinese pair of small porcelain plates. Foliate rims and raised design of two fish and swirling waves. Intricately modeled with great detail. Very delicate and beautiful.

Song Dynasty

Size of each: 4" wide

From our Early Chinese Collection, an excellent neolithic tripod (Li) pottery vessel from the Xiajiadian Culture of either Inner Mongolia or Liaoning Province, circa 2500-1500 BC. These strange, other-worldly looking vessels belie their true age, which is an astonishing 3500 to 4500 years old. Constructed of a buff colored earthenware with partially hollowed-out udder-shaped legs, it has a slender and well-burnished body that flares out to a wide rim...

This peach shape 19th century cinnabar box is 4 inches high and 8 inches wide. The carved scene depicts one person riding a horse and two other people on foot in the foreground. The background is composed of pine trees, brush and rocks. The sides are decorated with a textile pattern. There are a few old repairs and some chips on the bottom. It is still in pretty good condition.

Antique Chinese agate carving of a mother bathing a small child. The beautiful whitish stone has translucent areas with ribboning throughout. May have been intended as a brush washer.

Early 20th Century

Size: 1.75" height, 3" length

Antique Chinese pair of stone temple fu dogs. These fierce guardians would have been placed on either side of the entrance to a Buddhist temple in order to ward off evil spirits. One statue has its mouth open and the other mouth is closed, a symbolic trait to represent the in-and-out breathing of life and the sound of “om.” Heavy in weight.

Late Qing, early 20th century

Dimensions: 8" x 19" x 19" H each overall (base measures 12" x 6 1/2")

Antique Chinese hardwood desk, made of Jumu (elm) wood with bold natural grain. The desk front has four drawers with brass handles on butterfly and bat shaped backplates. Below the desk, a hinged door opens to a roomy storage compartment. All original condition.

Size: 45.5" L x 23.25" W x 32.5" H

Excellently potted grayish-black body, covered by a grayish blue-green glaze suffused with golden crackle. Longquan ware, Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ). Diameter: 11,8 cm. Condition: Perfect. IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REGARDING ALL OUR ANNOUNCED PRICES FOR CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS : SINCE I`M NOW ENJOYING MY RETIREMENT PENSION NOW IT IS A MATTER OF SELLING OFF MY STOCK OF CHINESE CERAMICS...

A Chinese bronze incense-burner and cover modelled as a prancing qilin, well and delicately cast, with nice patina. Early Qing, 17th/18th century. 18 cms.

Lithograph on black and white paper of a Lohan (Arhat). In the 9th century this portrait was painted, along with those of 15 other Ahrats, by the painter Guanxiu who was a Buddhist monk. 900 years later, in 1757, Emperor Kienlong during a visit to Shengyin Monastery in the former Hangzhou Province discovered the 16 portraits there...